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Product Lifecycle Management

Manage every product from concept to retirement. Control revisions, structure BOMs, route change requests, and enforce lifecycle stages — all within a single, auditable system.

Why PLM Matters

Structure and Control at Every Stage

Products evolve constantly. Without structured lifecycle management, revisions conflict, changes slip through without approval, and teams lose visibility of what is current and what is obsolete.

Pulse PLM provides the framework to manage this complexity. Every revision is tracked, every change is routed for approval, and every product state is clearly defined and enforced.

Revision Clarity

Always know which revision is current and why it changed

Controlled Change

No change reaches production without proper review and sign-off

Team collaboration on product lifecycle

Lifecycle, Revision, Change, BOM

The tools you need to manage product evolution with confidence and traceability.

Bill of Materials

Distinct BOM types — Design, Planning, Production, and Product — each serving a different stage. Multi-level explosion, flattening, and side-by-side revision comparison.

Revision Control

Managed revisions with approval workflows, effectivity dates, and full audit trail. Every change is recorded and traceable.

Change Management

Structured ECR/ECO process with impact analysis, routing, and sign-off. Route changes to the right reviewers automatically.

Lifecycle Stages

Define and enforce product states from prototype through production to obsolescence. Gate transitions with required approvals.

Product Configuration

Variant control through include/exclude rules enabling conditional component selection from a shared BOM.

Approval Workflows

Configurable multi-step routing with parallel and sequential approvals, escalation rules, and event-triggered notifications.

Integration

The Central Thread

PLM connects product data to every downstream process. When a BOM changes, manufacturing, planning, and quality all stay in sync.

PDM

Supplies the parts and documents that PLM structures

MRP

Uses BOMs to calculate material requirements

MES

Explodes BOMs into work orders and routings

QMS

Traces quality issues back to specific revisions

The Business Impact

Structured lifecycle management delivers measurable results.

Faster Changes

Automated routing and parallel approvals cut change cycle times significantly.

No Rogue Changes

Enforced workflows ensure every change is reviewed, approved, and documented.

Full Visibility

See exactly where every product sits in its lifecycle and what changes are pending.

Regulatory Compliance

Complete audit trails satisfy ISO 9001 and other industry standards.

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